CVE-2015-2675

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    CVE-2015-2675

    Published: 18 Aug 2017Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The OAuth implementation in librest before 0.7.93 incorrectly truncates the pointer returned by the rest_proxy_call_get_url function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via running the EnsureCredentials method from the org.gnome.OnlineAccounts.Account interface on an object representing a Flickr account.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2237.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/23/8, https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=742644, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1183982, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1199049, https://git.gnome.org/browse/librest/commit/?id=b50ace7738ea03817acdad87fb2b338a86018329, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/23/8, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1199049, https://git.gnome.org/browse/librest/commit/?id=b50ace7738ea03817acdad87fb2b338a86018329, https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=742644, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1183982, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1199049

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High